Myrrhstreaming Hawaii Iveron Icon of the Mother of God to be in New York City area
14/10/2010
NEW YORK, NY [OCA] — The wonderworking and myrrh-streaming Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God will be available for veneration in the New York City area at the end of October.
With the blessing of His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the icon was present earlier at the annual Memorial Day pilgrimage at Saint Tikhon’s Monastery, South Canaan, PA. The icon, which is enshrined in a home chapel in Honolulu, has been credited with numerous healings during the past three years.
On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the icon will be present at Saint Seraphim Church [ROCOR], 131 Carpenter Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY, where the Divine Liturgy and Service of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at 8:30 a.m.
A Service of Thanksgiving and Atkathist will be celebrated in the icon’s presence at Saint Nicholas Cathedral [Moscow Patriarchate], 15 East 97 Street, New York, NY on November 2 at 5:00 p.m.
In related news, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah, will address participants at the Assembly of the ROCOR Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America on Friday morning, October 15, in Chicago.
